Welcome to Week 15! Hope you all had a great Labor Day and are feeling rested and ready for the week ahead. Or maybe you're feeling stuffed and sunburnt... well, however you're doing, keep reading to see all the delicious items coming in your shares this week!

So far this season, you have seen a ton of different types of fruit in your shares: Apples, Black Raspberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Cherries, Peaches, Cantaloupe, Plums, Strawberries & Watermelon. The coming week will bring new Fall fruits, Pears and Seedless Reliance Grapes, and we still have more sweets, like Concord Grapes and Honeycrisp Apples, in the pipeline.

Weather up and down creating a guessing game with harvest...

You all are noticing as well as our farmers that we are having some volatile weather this week. From the high temps and storms of yesterday to the chilly forecast coming up, we're just not quite sure how the harvests will look throughout the week.
We do always say that "just like the weather, bag contents are subject to change!" but that will be even more true this week.

Each bag will get either a quart of Seedless Reliance grapes or a few handfuls of pears. So far it looks like the grapes are picking light but pears are coming in nicely. You'll also have four ears of sweet corn, a 3# bag of Yukon Gold potatoes, two acorn squash, a pound of either yellow or purple beans and a pint of cherry tomatoes. You'll all each have a head of broccoli or kohlrabi. We pick those fresh each daily, so we'll need to see how the harvest looks by the time your stop rolls around. Your Greeters should have signage at the table letting you know what's coming for you.

The Omnivores will each
get a choice between one of our pasture-raised whole chickens
or a pork roast (total pork roast weight between 2-3lbs.) The Vegetarians will get a dozen eggs (Vegans will have apples), some leeks, Longhorn peppers and Heirloom tomatoes.

The Large Shares will get the leeks and the Longhorn peppers too, as well as some peaches. The Large Omnivores will also have a pack of Green Onion Brats. The Vegetarian Larges will have a handful of delicious subs-- rolled oats, apples, an extra head of broccoli/kohlrabi and a pound of flavored pasta from Ohio City Pasta (please ask your Greeter for available flavors.)

EVENTS

ALPINE SCHOOLS AMISH AUCTION

If you've never been to an Amish Auction before, there is one coming up this weekend that is really important to our community.

It's a great way to get a really good deal on furniture, quilts, and even appliances like lawn mowers (click here to see some of the items listed.) This is a well known and well-attended auction and the community has some higher end artisans like Alpine Cabinets and Homestead Furniture.

The auction is from 9-3 this Saturday, and if you swing by Wholesome Valley Farm on your way down, they'll have free cookies or cinnamon rolls for Fresh Fork Members and a free Fresh Fork T-shirt (one shirt per family.) Seeing a Fresh Fork shirt will clue them in to how you found out about the auction-- it means a lot to see our support in person.

REMINDERS

September Payment Reminder coming out today.

If you have a balance due on your account-- either a subscription installment or a balance from making purchases at the back of the truck-- you should be getting your Payment Reminder via email today.

There are instructions in that email for how to make a payment, but basically:

Mail in a check (3800 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland OH 44115 -- please write your email address on the check as well as the note "account payment" on the check)

Or bring payment to your stop this week

Just a reminder than there are only 2 months left in the program and your account needs to be paid off in full by the end (October 28th) and to sign up for the Winter Share.

Reduced office hours this week and next.

If you're trying to get in touch with our customer service team this week and next, please give us a little extra time to get back to you-- we will have reduced office hours between Sept 1st - September 18th. Please leave a voicemail or an email message and we'll return it as soon as we can!

JOIN THE SUMMER SHARE!

Here are the pro-rated subscription costs to join this week:

UPFRONT

Small Share: 8 weeks left x $27/week = $216 (due right away)

Large Share: 8 weeks left x $43/week = $344 (due right away)

PAYMENT PLAN

Small Share: 8 weeks left x $29.50/week = $236 (six payments of ~39 or two payments of $118)

Large Share: 8 weeks left x $48/week = $384 (six payments of $64 or two payments of $192)

Interested? Give us a call (800) 861-8582 or reply to this email and we'll be happy to help you sign up for a pro-rated share and you can pick up this week!